When Sense-making and Statistics Collide
Our ability to make sense out of things is powerful. When we hear "90% of the way there", our brain fills in the gaps and often stretches that to mean "basically 100%." However, this is a cognitive er...
24 Helmi 202211min
Opportunities of Convergence and the Cost of Divergence
Opportunity comes in moments of convergence. Loss is measured in divergence. Pay attention to what is converging now - this is how you take advantage of opportunities and reduce your cost from diverge...
22 Helmi 202212min
Viewing Teams Through the Lens of Trust
Everything we do in our teams is based on trust. Trust, however, is a limited resource. We should spend it wisely.🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: SquareSquare has APIs for almost every aspect...
17 Helmi 202215min
3 Habits For Your First 30 Days As A New Engineer On A Team (Corrected Audio)
You're a new engineer - what should you start doing in your first 30 days? In this episode, we talk about 3 behaviors you might be resisting, but that you should actually embrace in order to improve y...
14 Helmi 202217min
Your Media, Your Message
In the mid 20th century, Marshall Mcluhan brought philosophy into the spotlight with his claim that the "medium is the message." We discuss the meaningfulness of this, and apply it to our work as engi...
10 Helmi 202211min
Two Shifts to Change Our Working Mindset from Static to Dynamic
The world around us isn't static, but our brain processes as if it is.In this episode we talk about subtle shifts to help break that mold for the most important interactions we have in the world.🙏 To...
8 Helmi 202216min
Taking Advantage of Uniquely Human Capabilities
In today's episode, we discuss the fact that intuition isn't all that bad to use when estimating... we just shouldn't use it to estimate a number. Taking advantage of things humans are already good at...
3 Helmi 202210min
Seek Context to Offset Prediction Errors
When we have context, we predict more accurately. When we translate numbers into more meaningful concepts, we create context where previously things were fuzzy. This makes our predictions more meaning...
1 Helmi 20228min
